can only really comment on my own which is a 2001 pre-facelift with the original type lamps, far as I could tell (and I had bumper and both headlights off recently) the glass was glued on and taking the little metal clips off made literally no difference at all (wasn't really sure what the point of them was tbh)
last I heard people were talking about using an angle grinder to cut them off then re-glueing them back on
failing that the only bulb access is the more obvious answer i.e. from the back
it might be different on yours I guess
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